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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Southern Italian (Càllari) : probably a habitational name from Cagliari, the chief city of Sardinia, which is documented in Latin as Callari (Latin Caralis), before Sardinia was ruled by the Aragonese. Alternatively, it may be of Greek origin.

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